Tetraneuris verdiensis

Tetraneuris verdiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Tetraneuris
Species: T. verdiensis
Binomial name
Tetraneuris verdiensis
R.A.Denham & B.L.Turner 1996

Tetraneuris verdiensis is a rare North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It has been found in only in Yavapai County in Arizona in the southwestern United States.[1]

Tetraneuris verdiensis is a small perennial herb rarely more than 15 cm (5.9 in) tall. It forms a branching underground caudex sometimes producing as many as 15 unbranched, above-ground stems. The plant generally produces one flower head per stem. Each head 20-40 yellow disc flowers but no ray flowers.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  2. ↑ Flora of North America, Tetraneuris verdiensis R. A. Denham & B. L. Turner, 1996.
  3. ↑ Denham, Robert A. & Turner, Billie Lee. 1996. Phytologia 81(1): 5–9 includes line drawings on page 7


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